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Book as Network/Networked Book? That's the koan I've been puzzling for the last few weeks. Can something made from, let's say, hundreds of semi-anonymous contributors or commentors be considered a book? Is this what the texting generation is going to want–something a little less single-author, a little more…bloggy? The possibility makes me slightly sick and dizzy (I'm still paying student loans for a single-author oriented MFA in creative writing). At the same time it's kind of exciting. Could, for example, my newest favorite blog Overheard in the Office a spin off of Overheard in New York be considered a dynamic anthology?
What about multi-player game-based narrative formats like Sims; are they the digital equivalent of networked novels? Bob recently sent me a link to an article entitled: Sims 2 hacks spread like viruses. Apparently, hackers have infected the Sims 2 universe, messing with individual games/narratives. About this Bob says: this seems so interesting to me if we consider it as one of the strands of future narrative where the author evolves into a god who creates a universe that people populate and mess with as people do; i.e. that the author creates a starting place for an unfolding story. Of course this has been a visible strand since the advent of computer games, especially the large multi-player ones — but for me the added bit here, that the mortals are messing with the game's code and thus vastly increasing the scope of the game, brings the whole subject up with renewed interest.
The future book will be a networked book or a "processed book" as Joseph Esposito calls it. To process a book, he says, is more than simply building links to it; it also includes a modification of the act of creation, which tends to encourage the absorption of the book into a network of applications, including but not restricted to commentary.
A modification of the act of creation…what, exactly, does this mean for the craft of storytelling? Is it changing utterly? And is somebody going to tell the MFA programs?
btw. if you know any great examples of networked books let me know. I'm building a collection.
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Gary Frost Everything isn't a book. The book is a very small thing. In fact, it is almost a trivial by-product of all its surrounding activities and infrastructure. Books are a known commodity easily handled across many social, economic and political thresholds. If so they are certainly not everything.
Book arts frequently disrupt the modicum of the book…but not to much lasting effect. Layers of inter-sprouting turf or laminated baked goods or exercises in paper folding have been termed books. The only one that I know of that actually engendered a new book invention is Hedi Kyle's flag book, now 35 years old.
And why would networks, digital formats, data bases, gaming software and styles of communication want to be considered books? Why be that instead of being electronic reading devices, new reading behaviors, technologies of digital communications, or new artistic and literary conventions which promise their own, unbook, fulfillment?↓ -
kim white True, everything isn't a book. However, the electronic book does fit your definition of book. It is a "known commodity easily handled across many social, economic and political thresholds." And, yes, electronic books are, like their paper counterparts, by-products of the surrounding culture, which is precisely why I'm predicting that network structures will spawn a type of book that incorporates these modes of thinking, imagining, understanding, and interacting.
To say, "everything isn't a book," as a way of dismissing anything that doesn't look and/or act like the paper object is too easy. To liken electronic books to experimental book arts, and to argue that since a book made out of laminated baked goods didn't change the modicum of the book, then the electronic medium won't, doesn't really work. The book artist is concerned with the creation of highly personal fetish objects that very few people will "read," while the writers of networked books are interested in engaging large numbers of people in order to create a collective narrative that incorporates a wide variety of experiences and opinions. If you accept that, like all human output, books have a reason for being, and if you agree that books are tools we use to better understand ourselves and our world, then the networked book offers a unique solution to understanding what it is like to live in the information age.
Why would networks, digital formats, etc… want to be considered books? I'm not suggesting that the book wants to be anything. The book is something we create to suit our needs. It's the reader and the writer who "want." And I do believe that they want this kind of book. Why? Because it's a global, networked world and, let's face it, people entertain and educate themselves differently now. Why call them books and not "styles of communication, new reading behaviors, technologies of digital communications?" because they aren't. I'm talking about a new kind of content, not a new approach to old content. You could almost call the networked book a new literary genre, except that it is not rising out of the literary world.↓ -
Gary Frost I certainly agree with your comments. It probably is not worthwhile to hedge the definition (one way or another) in order to manage the emergence of book equivalents.
Maybe we should discuss the future of the book from the perspective of authoring skills. But that becomes too fluid, I think, with creativity always exceeding the conventions of its presentational formats. There is also the issue that most of the paradigm shifts of narrative invention occurred in the past. (People feel that all paradigm shifts will occur during their lifetime, but that is not probable.)
Or, we could discuss different futures themselves. I was surprised to learn that the Chinese expressions for "future of the book" and "book of the future" differ only in uniquely different characters with different meanings for the word "future". I happen to like this dichotomy because "future of the book" (future of the traditional paper book) is what I am interested in and, I suspect, "book of the future" (emerging screen-based book equivalents) is what interests you. In this dichotomy the two books really are headed into different futures.
I also think that it is significant to discuss general book performance. Can the book be ephemeral, transient, mutable? That would be OK (not to be committed to storage media or archival maintenance) but that also suggests an unbook. An unbook would be a conceptual work that disappears.↓ -
dave munger I think the key definer of a book is the reader. If readers treat it like a book, it's a book. One problem with defining books in a digital age is that "book" has always been separate from "genre." Why do we think a dictionary is the same kind of a thing as a novel? Because in the print-world, on a not-so superficial level, they looked the same.
We don't tend to think of databases as "books" because we've never seen them printed and bound up to look like books. Actually, we have: dictionaries are always created from databases, but when the dictionary is printed, it becomes a "book," and we forget about its origins.
We associate "narrative text" with "book" so closely that I think any such work will always be considered a book, no matter what external form it takes. Perhaps the narrative text is the quintessential book.
The question becomes more difficult when we consider other forms. Is dictionary.com a book? If it is, then what about iTunes? If dictionary.com is and iTunes isn't, than what delimits the two? Probably only convention.
Perhaps the "future of the book" will entail a narrowing of the definition of "book" to include only traditional printed texts, plus any form of narrative text. Supposing that does occur, then we still must also consider the future of digital media.↓ -
Gary Frost I enthusiastically agree that the definition of the book should be based on behaviors and modes of reading. It works. For example, Kim pointed out that most book art is not because it is unreadable. Basing the definition on reading behaviors and modes also positions the discussion in authentic disciplines; ie the sociology and history of reading, the haptics of the codex mechanism, and the wide reach of the history and agendas of authorship and publishing. The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publication (SHARP) comprises many of the academics involved.
So now we need to define the behaviors and modes of reading.
In my review of literature, which generally discusses the scholarly study of orality and literacy, three parent modes of the verbal visual, the written mode and the print mode are considered. I add to this a fourth mode which is a composite of the three; a screen based on-line reading mode.
I like your emphasis of the genres as subsets of the print mode. Yes! That is very helpful. And the clarification of genres has generally occurred following the advent of printing and the wide assembly of libraries. I also like to imagine habitats of reading combining two or more reading modes and a general time line, or "cascade" of the interactions and continuities of reading modes.
Will the definition of the behaviors and modes of reading, as a by-product, indicate the future of the book? I bet it will.↓ -
kim white This thread has got my stomach aflutter with excitement. I love these ideas! The idea of the dichotomy of printed book vs. electronic…marvelous coincidence that this concept manifested in our two sites: future of the book.com and future of the book.org. You are right, I'm interested in "book of the future" (emerging screen-based book equivalents). I make electronic book-like-things, I work for an institute that is examining how the book is affected by electronic technologies. But I'm also very passionate about the traditional paper book. Two of the books I am currently working on will (I hope) be viewed as paper and text-based art objects (and also as books). I also write traditional narratives that will (someday I hope) be printed as a traditional paper book. So I am in two places at once and I think this is a good way to be. I'd like to think these two futures are entwined together in spite of their differences. Like a group of states the want to secede from the union but never do. The print book and the electronic book are united under a common purpose (or constitution, to extend the metaphor).
I like the notion of giving the ephemeral book its own category, but not sure "unbook" is the right name because it suggests that the main quality of "book" is permanence. I prefer the idea you and Dave suggest, that the definition of the book should be based on behaviors and modes of reading. In which case, this type of book might correctly be called a networked book. A book which comes into existence because of the interactions of a group of writer/readers, and ceases to exist once that network disappears. I think that some of the more important networked books (important in terms of the ideas exchanged or in terms of the narrative or "entertainment" value of the book) will be preserved, but I think the disposability will be a crucial aspect. The sheer volume of these things will require it.
"Habitats of reading" is a marvelous metaphor, one I could chew on for hours, days, weeks… It suggests that the thing we read creates a space for us to inhabit. Screen-based modes introduce a new environment that requires a new set of behaviors, a new culture for us to integrate. And, to bring it back to the subject of this thread, networking is crucial aspect of the digital environment. Anything significant that we create in that space will have to negotiate the landscape of interactivity.
Very true, the future of the book may entail a narrowing of the definition of "book" to include only traditional printed texts, plus any form of narrative text, as Gary suggests, or it may become more elastic, expanding to include many things not presently considered books. It would be interesting to speculate on how those two possible directions might affect the book itself. Seceding from the union or not?↓ -
dave munger I wonder if the real issue here is that there are in fact (at least) two separate "books": a narrative text, and a bound volume. These are two separate things. When we talk about the "future of the book," are we talking about telephone directories?
I think one of the most important questions we must ask is how, in the digital world, will extended arguments be made? There is something satisfying about the bound volume, the sense of accomplishment and permanence it lends to a work.
On the other hand, bound volumes have many limitations, and their very permanence may be one of them. But when we lose this permanence — if we have a "networked" book that can be changed by any of its members — then the question "have you read book x?" becomes a different one than it was in the print world.
This is not to say that a networked book cannot convey the same authority and permanence as a traditional book: see Wikipedia. But what it means to "have read" or "have written" such a work is immensely different.
Speaking of networked books, the group of bloggers/commenters here could probably make a pretty nifty one, don't you think?↓ -
Word Munger Is a networked book still a book?
Yesterday I discussed Umberto Eco's lecture on the future of books from the perspective of whether e-books can replace traditional books. I think Eco rightfullly distinguishes between "books to read" and "books to consult," with electronic books t…
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kim white Bound volume vs. content of (bound or digitized) volume: I agree, they are separate issues. In this thread, I think we are talking primarily about content. And also there is this interesting idea about physical form arising out of reading modes and user preferences, which I hope we will continue to explore.
Have you read book x, becomes "are your reading book x," I love that, it suggests a new way of thinking. Knowledge and imagination are not fixed and final, but fluid, existing in real time. However, it does erase that sense of accomplishment (for the reader and the writer) that comes from finishing something. On the other hand, being part of an emerging collaborative work and experiencing a connection with an audience during the creative process is also very satisfying. Another problem with networked books: if we change the single author model, how will we decide who the authority is?
Speaking of networked books, the group of bloggers/commenters here could probably make a pretty nifty one, don't you think?
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Gary Frost "and there is also this interesting idea of physical form arising out of reading modes…"
We have decided to look away from the format and observe the reader and acknowledge wide skills of reading. Looking at reading behavior presents an opportunity to discover new aesthetics of writing.
Writing is reading because writing is reading your own mind. This is why the written mode is a classic way of reading and one reason why it is differentiated from reading in print. This explains why writers methodically read and reread what they have written, literally confirming what they have already imagined, yet the same writer does not need to read her own book.
A printed book is ready to be shelved among other books and derive its meaning among them. The written manuscript book, however, can only be read as a unique recording from the mind of the writer. And what the writer says about the manuscript is something different, again confirming the other classic verbal/visual mode of reading.
On-line the writer can say or show something, write something and print something simultaneously. It is a composite reading mode enabled by a delivery technology. Writers find this alluring and so do readers. The composite on-line mode has an alluring transience as it positions and repositions itself among the parent reading modes.↓ -
Joseph J. Esposito I was naturally pleased to see the reference to "The Processed Book," an essay I wrote a couple years ago. We have subsequently created a demo project with the help of the Hewlett Foundation. It can be found at http://prosaix.com/pbos. The "pbos" extension stands for "processed book operating system." One of the comments in the thread was that the bloggers and commentators on this site could create a networked book. I agree. Tools to do this are at the site above. You can work with any book or text that you choose, but I certainly would be delighed if the commentary sprung up around the PB essay.
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Antony Van Couvering We made a stab at producing what we're calling a "networked book." It's a term we came up with without knowing about this very interesting debate on your site.
http://www.pulsethebook.com. I'd be delighted to know what you think. – Antony↓ -
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Lehner Commish Ever since the original Kindle came out, I questioned why I would need one of these. I wasn't a big reader (now I understand why) and I just couldn't figure out how this could help me. When the price dropped on the Kindle, I decided to check it out. From the moment I took it off the charger, I was hooked. I started reading a book, and just as everyone has said – the reader disappeared in my hand as if I were reading a bound paper book. However, my hand never cramped from holding it, I didn't have to keep readjusting my position as I flipped pages, and I didn't have to keep manipulating a book light if I read in a dark room. The Kindle has brought me back into the world of reading and I'm really glad I've taken the plunge. The screen is clear and "pages" refresh quickly – there isn't much more I can say than others already have – the Kindle is, in short, amazing.


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Appearances | The House of the Dead: Overkill |
Family | Jasper Guns (brother) |
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"Crockett and Tubbs, jump on!" to Agent G and Isaac Washington on the ending of Ballistic Trauma.
Varla Guns is one of the main protagonists of The House of the Dead: Overkill
She accompanies G and Issac with the intention of avenging her dead brother Jasper, whom Papa Caesar used. By the end of the fifth chapter, she is kidnapped by Caesar and taken to the police compound. At the end of the sixth chapter she's shown tied up in an electric chair and then taken down an elevator by the true mastermind, Clement Darling. Later on, it's revealed that her still living brain had been taken out of her body and placed in a jar by Clement, replacing it with his elderly mother's brain. From this moment on, Varla remains silent, unable to do anything, though Clement claims that she's still alive. In the end, she's taken to an escape helicopter by G, who tells her that if she can hear him that she's the most beautiful woman in the world (a saying that Isaac finds wrong).
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Traditional | 風月 |
Simplified | 风月 |
Mandarin | Fēng yuè |
Directed by | Chen Kaige |
Produced by | Hsu Feng Sunday Sun Tong Cunlin |
Written by | Chen Kaige Shu Kei Wang Anyi |
Starring | Leslie Cheung Gong Li Kevin Lin He Caifei David Wu |
Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
Edited by | Pei Xiaonan |
Distributed by | Tomson (Hong Kong) Films Co., Ltd. (China) Miramax Films (US) |
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Language | Mandarin |
Temptress Moon is a 1996 Chinese film directed by Chen Kaige. It was jointly produced by the Shanghai Film Studio and the Taipei-based Tomson Films. The film saw Chen reuniting with Leslie Cheung and Gong Li who had previously worked with him in his breakout international hit Farewell My Concubine
Temptress Moon premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, where it was in competition for the Palme d'Or that eventually went to Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies. Despite its international profile, however, the film was banned by state authorities in Mainland China.[1]
- Gong Li as Pang Ruyi, the only daughter and ruler of the Pang clan.
- Kevin Lin as Pang Duanwu, a distant cousin to Pang Ruyi.
- Leslie Cheung as Yu Zhongliang, the brother-in-law to Ruyi.
- He Caifei as Yu Xiuyi, Zhongliang's sister.
- Zhou Yemang as Pang Zhengda, Ruyi's brother and husband to Yu Xiuyi;
- Xie Tian as Biggie, a Triad boss who employs Zhongliang as a gigolo in his extortion schemes
- Zhou Jie as Woman on Zephyr Lane, Zhongliang develops a personal attachment to this woman who the Boss wishes to blackmail.
- David Wu as Jingyun, Ruyi's betrothed as a child.
Childhood at the Pang estate[edit]
The film opens in 1912, immediately before the fall of the Qing Dynasty and the abdication of Emperor Pu Yi. The Pang clan, a wealthy family in a small town near Shanghai is suffering a similarly drawn out decline. Yu Zhongliang (Leslie Cheung), then a 13 year-old boy, arrives at the Pang estate to live there along with his sister Yu Xiuyi (He Caifei) and her husband, Pang Zhengda (Zhou Yemang). There, he is treated like a servant by his brother-in-law who forces him to kiss his own sister while intoxicated by the effects of opium. In revenge Zhongliang poisons his brother-in-law's opium pipe and flees. Chen Kaige, however, deliberately leaves the audience in the dark, making Zhongliang's flight from the Pang estate all the more mysterious. As Zhongliang attempts to find his way to Beijing, however, he is taken by several men who lead him to Shanghai where he is embraced by the triads.
Zhongliang's return[edit]
Years later, Zhongliang has become a handsome gigolo who seduces rich, married women for his triad Boss in order to blackmail them. The triad's modus operandi usually involves Zhongliang paying a visit to the woman in her room (a secret rendezvous) whereupon he would usually send a clear signal to his cohorts by opening the curtains of the room's window. His partners in crime would then storm the room and stage a semi-mock stickup, capturing the illicit couple unawares by placing a black mask over their faces, similar to those worn by condemned criminals at the hangman's noose (Zhongliang would obviously be unharmed in the process). The victim would then be threatened with exposure of the licentious affair or alternatively pay a hefty sum to keep the matter under wraps, with the victim being made to believe that Zhongliang has been swiftly 'murdered' by the thugs. In this aspect, Zhongliang succeeded beyond his triad's wildest dreams, and his boss, Biggie (Xie Tian) dotes on him like his own son.
By orders of his boss, Zhongliang returns to the Pang estate to seduce Mr. Pang's daughter Pang Ruyi (Gong Li), the new head of the household, and afterwards blackmail her. Ruyi by this point has also become an opium addict, a legacy of the Pang family, who could not resist the addiction. However, the hatred he once had for the Pang family and his loyalty to the triad starts to wane as the two fall in love with each other. Throughout his liaison with Ruyi, however, he never openly declares his affections for her as he remains haunted by his past and swears to never love again. Instead, he uses an aloofness and his icy demeanor to quell Ruyi's longing for him. His sister, although still regarded as one of the seniors of the Pang clan, is not as respected as before and she consistently reminds Zhongliang that Ruyi would not be a good choice for him as Ruyi is helplessly addicted to opium.
Ruyi's ascension[edit]
Meanwhile, Ruyi's rise to power in the Pang family is not without controversy. Because her brother has been rendered an imbecile by Zhongliang's poison, she is the only competent child of her father. As a result, she is the natural heir to the family. The family elders, however, still traditional in their outlook refuse to let a woman control the fate of the family. As a result, they bring in a distant male cousin Duanwu (Kevin Lin), whom they hope can be their "tool" to control Ruyi.
Unfortunately, Duanwu quickly falls in love with Ruyi and allows her more-or-less free rein. Ruyi uses her power to expel her father's concubines, infuriating the elders who beat Duanwu for his apparent impotence. It is into this intra-family drama that Zhongliang soon finds himself fully entangled. Ruyi, having fallen in love with Zhongliang, seduces Duanwu in order to "practice" for Zhongliang; this then leads Zhongliang to proceed the plan to seduce her. Zhongliang upon learning that he is slowly falling in love with Ruyi, is horrified and quickly returns to Shanghai.
Return to Shanghai[edit]
Back in Shanghai, Biggie, sensing that Zhongliang is wavering in his duties, and is no longer suitable to carry out his assignments, invites Ruyi to Shanghai and show her Zhongliang's real job during one of the triad's regular heists. This particular heist involves the Woman of Zephyr Lane (Zhou Jie), to whom Zhongliang had developed an emotional attachment prior to his return to the Pang estate. Ruyi is accompanied by Duanwu who, in his traditional clothing finds himself out of place in the modern city. Although she is shocked that Zhongliang is involved in blackmail, she is still very much in love with him and even dresses up in contemporary Shanghai clothing to impress him. Zhongliang, however, rejects her, leaving Ruyi heartbroken. Duanwu, meanwhile, has become seduced by the modernity of Shanghai, and heady with desire rapes Ruyi.
A reversal of roles[edit]
Ruyi thereupon returns to the Pang estate, but things have changed. First, Ruyi learns that her childhood betrothal, Jingwu (David Wu) has returned. Jingwu informs Ruyi that their initial betrothal had been ended by his family due to Ruyi's opium addiction, but that he had returned on his own. Zhongliang, too, returns and upon learning of Jingwu's return desperately tries to win Ruyi back. Blinded by jealousy and anger, Zhongliang poisons Ruyi (in the same manner that he had poisoned his abusive brother-in-law). Shortly afterwards, he is gunned down by his own gang while trying to sail away in a port. Duanwu, who is no longer the passive cousin he was earlier in the film is proclaimed as the new head of the Pang clan in an elaborate ancestral ceremony. Ruyi, meanwhile, is shown tied to a chair, her mind permanently destroyed as a result of the opium poisoning. In the final scene, we see all three main characters, Zhongliang, Duanwu, and Ruyi as children; they look into the camera knowingly.
Despite its smaller scale story, Temptress Moon proved far more difficult a production than its predecessor, Chen's Farewell My Concubine. Although filming began in 1994, Moon did not wrap until more than a year later in 1995; the film's budget in the intervening time having ballooned to over $7 million (US), over twice as much as Concubine.[2] Other problems arose as well, notably the firing of the original Ruyi, the Taiwanese actress Wang Ching-ying, about half way through the shoot. The resulting delay lasted five months before filming resumed with Gong Li in the lead role.[2]
Unlike the near universal praise for Concubine, Temptress Moon's reception abroad was considerably more muted. Critics praised the sumptuous visuals by Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle, but also cited the confusing plot.[3][4] Roger Ebert, in a typical review, noted "Temptress Moon is a hard movie to follow--so hard, that at some point you may be tempted to abandon the effort and simply enjoy the elegant visuals..."[5] The New York Times also praised the film's sumptuous production values, but critic Stephen Holden also found the film to lack emotional weight, arguing that Temptress Moon ultimately "has the feel of a chic, kink-ornamented romantic pageant, unfolding at a distance."[6]
Awards and nominations[edit]
- 1996 Cannes Film Festival - Official selection[7]
- Hong Kong Film Awards, 1997
- Best Actress — Gong Li (nominated)
- Best Cinematography — Christopher Doyle (nominated)
- Best Art Direction — Wong Hap-Kwai (nominated)
- Golden Horse Awards, 1996
- Best Actor — Leslie Cheung (nominated)
Home media release[edit]
Temptress Moon was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States and Canada on July 2, 2002 by Miramax Films through the Walt Disney Home Video label. The DVD featured subtitles in English.
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- ^ a b Elley, Derek (1996-05-15). "Temptress Moon". Variety. Retrieved 2007-12-30.
- ^ Guthmann, Edward (1997-06-20). "Cloudy Plot Blocks 'Temptress Moon'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ Berardinelli, James (1997). "Temptress Moon". Reel Reviews. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (1997-06-27). "Temptress Moon". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (1996-10-05). "A 'Gone With the Wind' In China, Without War". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-24.
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Eyewitnesses often have to recognize the perpetrators of an observed crime from identity lineups. In the construction of these lineups, a decision must be made concerning where a suspect should be placed, but whether location in a lineup affects the identification of a perpetrator has received little attention. This study explored this problem with a face-matching task, in which observers decided if pairs of faces depict the same person or two different people (Experiment 1), and with a lineup task in which the presence of a target had to be detected in an identity parade of five faces (Experiment 2). In addition, this study also explored if high accuracy is related to a perceptual pop-out effect, whereby the target is detected rapidly among the lineup. In both experiments, observers' eye movements revealed that location determines the order in which people were viewed, whereby faces on the left side were consistently viewed first. This location effect was reflected also in observers' responses, so that a foil face on the left side of a lineup display was more likely to be misidentified as the target. However, identification accuracy was not related to a popout effect. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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The Norton thread!
Can't see a specific Norton thread.So If you like bikes that mark their territory and vibrate across the garage floor-lets see them:D
http://albi.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/.../0/M/080-M.jpg This is my MKIII at home in Medellin Colombia http://albi.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/.../0/M/016-M.jpg Now with the boss woman! Al |
A 53 Dommie gathering dust in Cali Colombia http://albi.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/...20dommie-M.jpg Going to see about a rescue on Monday! Al:thumb |
I ride this '73 850 Interstate a lot, have had it about two years, also had a '69 750 Roadster long ago....
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I have my MK2 since -94, bought it used from Chicago, shipped it to Paris and here in San Francisco since 2000. Went through some transformation: mk3 rear wheel with R1 rear caliper, front Luchier brake, belt drive, hydraulic clutch...Till -09 when it was destroyed in a collision with a 1198. Here it is now (before the Alton electric starter, just installed).
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Heres a picture of my mate in the 80's on his 850
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...r/ea17f71e.jpg Same bike as it looks now http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Commando2.jpg Thats me at the back 26 years ago with another friends 750 Commando. He bought that when he was 17 for £400, he's still got the bike and despite being crashed, catching fire and being mercilessly thrashed for years and covering well over 100,000 miles is still going strong with the original engine. - No luxury of garages in those days. http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...NV00046001.jpg |
My '74 I waited 38 years to get
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 1972 Combat Commando  I've been riding the Commando since 1977 and it's the "therapy" ride. bill 2002 MZ Skorpian 1972 Norton Commando 1971 Triumph T100C 1967 Norton 650SS |
I have had a Norton or two...
My old Dommie Cafe... http://kevindean.zenfolio.com/img/s1/v22/p994904331.jpg and my current Garden Gate Clubman replica http://kevindean.zenfolio.com/img/s1...1320982098.jpg :evil |
1972 Norton Dunstall
Here is my 1972 Norton 750 Commando Combat with Dunstall fiberglass (Except the tail section which is a re-pop of a production racer tail from Norvil in the UK). Brutal on the back, if you are not careful it will break your foot starting it, drops oul if you don't run it every week, typical Norton.
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I am working on a 400es too... Glad to see another one!! |
My 74
850 Commando- all hopped up- dry clutch, belt drive kit, 4S cam, Black Diamond valves, etc. etc.
Smooth and fast. http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/i...x/P1010127.jpg |
My 72 Combat I bought 2 years ago on a recent 1000 km trip around the mid North Island.
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Brilliance of the Seas Cruise Review by Alan Luty: Repo cruise from Dubai
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April 2012 we went on an epic journey around the Middle East. And I must say it was fantastic.The transfers werefantastic all the way through. The Hotel we stayed in, The Sofitel on "The Walk" in Dubai, was absolutely wonderful. With a good helping of pampering for the guests, included. The hotel staff really looked after you; from when we arrived very early in the morning, the check-in was meant to be after 3 pm, but the room was ready within an hour of us sitting down with a drink in the hotel lobby, to receiving lovely chocolates on your pillow, the bed was turned back and slippers left by your bed every evening.Wow pampering at its best. We stayed there for 3 days and had a good look round Dubaifor the second time. The weather hot and of course the sun is nearly always shining.
Day four we boarded a very tired looking ship, Brilliance of the Seas. Check-in was very efficient and our cabin and Steward great. The only down side was the horrific smell from the toilet area More
was worse than rotten eggs. Plus a toilet that wouldn't flush!!! As it turned out there was a major problem with the pipework on Deck 8 Fwd. that has to be repaired when the ship gets its timely refurb. soon I hope!! However, the cabin steward worked his little heart out to resolve and clean up the odour which he did in a matter of a few days. It didn't spoil our holiday we just had a good laugh about it.
Entertainment was good. Special guests were great. But still had the same Broadway type shows as last time. Food good. Service good also. The trips round the middle east were long and tiring but worth doing especially the Rose Red City of Petra, Jordan. A 10 hour trip but Wow a fantastic place well worth the very long trek down through the narrow Siq (opening) to where the Treasury facade appeared like a giant standing right in front of you. And so many people walking up and down the Siq plus the pony and traps that didn't stop for anyone were busy taking people who didn't or couldn't walk down to the entrance!!! It was very rough surfaceto wlak over. However, Petra really is a special place and so glad we went to see it.
Muscat was nice but not that much to see. Sharm El Sheik, was lovely mainly a hotel resort for sunseekers. Again not that much to see unless you want to do a back breaking sand dunes ride in a Jeep or a ride under water in a semi submersible. Fun nontheless.
Safaga was more of an industrial port, a place to go if you want to visit King Tutankhamen's tomb and artefacts etc. Again a very long day trip but worth it.
The Port of Alexandria, was next, (for 2 days) and is a must if you want to see the Pyramids but is a very very long day with the trips being well over 14 hours with lunch at a nice hotel, then a visit to the catacombs down many crooked steps and which are very claustrophobic. A trip to the Pyramids is one to do in your own time and with your own guide/driver and car. However, Alexandria isn't the cleanest and nicest of places. We were confronted with road works at the entrance of the Dock area with big holes in the middle of the road and scaffolding outside. The taxi drivers are rude and the vehicles they called taxis we would call old pick up trucks, that have seen better days. Air Con meant you had to wind down the window if the window winder still worked. Grest Fun!! Unleavened bread stacked at the road side next to bins full of rotting rubbish. Not good, but an experience all the same.
The weather was good not too hot at this time of year. The transit through the Suez Canal was absolutely fabulous, another definite must see, especially during the daytime you saw so much more along the embankments. Finally disembarking in Rome. All in all a good Repo cruise and well worth doing. Less
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The E2 Cabin was great no real issues with the size of cabin and balcony area but the ship overall is looking tired and shabby. This reflected on the cabins too. The cabins are definitely in need of updating/modernising in their entirety but were clean and tidy and the cabin stewards did a great job.
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For the T-ara song, see Lovey-Dovey (T-ara song).
"Lovey Dovey" | |
Single by The Clovers | |
A-side | "Little Mama" |
Released | 1954 |
Genre | R&B |
Length | 2:54 |
Label | Atlantic Records 45-1022 |
Writer(s) | Memphis Edward Curtis, Ahmet Ertegun |
"Lovey Dovey" is a popular American rhythm and blues song originating in the 1950s and written by Memphis Edward Curtis and Ahmet Ertegun (the latter usually credited using his songwriter's pseudonym "Nugetre" - Ertegun spelled backwards). The record, which deals with the singer's relationship with women, is done in a light-hearted style.[1]
Numerous artists have recorded the song. The song's initial recording by The Clovers is probably the most notable, as it reached #2 for five weeks on the R&B charts in 1954.[2] Cover versions have been recorded by:
- Clyde McPhatter in 1959
- Buddy Knox in 1961
- Dick Dale in 1962
- The Coasters in 1964
- Bunny Sigler in 1967 ("Lovey Dovey"/"You're So Fine")
- Otis Redding and Carla Thomas in 1967 (released as a single in 1968, following Redding's death)
- Delbert McClinton in 1976, for the Genuine Cowhide album
- ^ Propes, Steve (1973). Those Oldies But Goodies: A Guide to 50's Record Collecting. The Macmillan Company, New York. p. 33.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 124.
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BGC Partners Updates its Third Quarter 2012 Financial Outlook
NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP) ("BGC Partners," "BGC," or "the Company"), a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the wholesale financial and real estate markets, today updated its financial outlook for the third quarter ending September 30, 2012.
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The Company's financial results are expected to be within the range of its previously stated guidance for the third quarter of 2012. BGC expects distributable earnings revenues to be around the high-end of this range and for pre-tax distributable earnings to be around the mid-point. The Company's third quarter outlook was first published in its financial results press release dated July 26, 2012, and was as follows:
Third Quarter 2012 Outlook Compared with Third Quarter 2011 Results
- The Company expected to generate distributable earnings revenues of between $415 million and $450 million, an increase of approximately 9 percent to 18 percent compared with $380.5 million.
- BGC Partners expected pre-tax distributable earnings to be between approximately $41 million and $52 million versus $62.6 million.[1]
- BGC Partners anticipated its effective tax rate for distributable earnings to be approximately 14.5 percent compared with 15.0 percent.
The above outlook included between $110 million and $125 million in revenues from Real Estate Services. The Company now expects this figure to be above the high-end of this range.
Distributable Earnings Defined
BGC Partners uses non-GAAP financial measures including "Revenues for distributable earnings," "pre-tax distributable earnings" and "post-tax distributable earnings," which are supplemental measures of operating performance that are used by management to evaluate the financial performance of the Company and its subsidiaries. BGC Partners believes that distributable earnings best reflects the operating earnings generated by the Company on a consolidated basis and are the earnings which management considers available for distribution to BGC Partners, Inc. and its common stockholders, as well as to holders of BGC Holdings partnership units during any period.
As compared with "income (loss) from operations before income taxes," "net income (loss) for fully diluted shares," and "fully diluted earnings (loss) per share," all prepared in accordance with GAAP, distributable earnings calculations primarily exclude certain non-cash compensation and other expenses which generally do not involve the receipt or outlay of cash by the Company, which do not dilute existing stockholders, and which do not have economic consequences, as described below. In addition, distributable earnings calculations exclude certain gains and charges that management believes do not best reflect the ordinary operating results of BGC.
Revenues for distributable earnings are defined as GAAP revenues excluding the impact of BGC Partners, Inc.'s non-cash earnings or losses related to its equity investments, such as in Aqua Securities, L.P. and ELX Futures, L.P., and its holding company general partner, ELX Futures Holdings LLC. Revenues for distributable earnings also include the collection of receivables which would have been recognized for GAAP other than for the effect of acquisition accounting.
Pre-tax distributable earnings are defined as GAAP income (loss) from operations before income taxes excluding items that are primarily non-cash, non-dilutive, and non-economic, such as:
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- "Post-tax distributable earnings per fully diluted share" are defined as post-tax distributable earnings divided by the weighted-average number of fully diluted shares for the period.
BGC's distributable earnings per share calculations assume either that:
- The fully diluted share count includes the shares related to the dilutive instruments, such as the Convertible Senior Notes, but excludes the associated interest expense, net of tax, when the impact would be dilutive, or;
- The fully diluted share count excludes the shares related to these instruments, but includes the associated interest expense, net of tax.
Each quarter, the dividend to common stockholders is expected to be determined by the Company's Board of Directors with reference to post-tax distributable earnings per fully diluted share. In addition to the Company's quarterly dividend to common stockholders, BGC Partners expects to pay a pro-rata distribution of net income to BGC Holdings founding/working partner and other units, including REUs, RPUs, PSUs and PSIs, and to Cantor for its noncontrolling interest. The amount of all of these payments is expected to be determined using the above definition of pre-tax distributable earnings per share.
Certain employees who are holders of RSUs are granted pro-rata payments equivalent to the amount of dividends paid to common stockholders. Under GAAP, a portion of the dividend equivalents on RSUs is required to be taken as a compensation charge in the period paid. However, to the extent that they represent cash payments made from the prior period's distributable earnings, they do not dilute existing stockholders and are therefore excluded from the calculation of distributable earnings.
Distributable earnings is not meant to be an exact measure of cash generated by operations and available for distribution, nor should it be considered in isolation or as an alternative to cash flow from operations or GAAP net income (loss). The Company views distributable earnings as a metric that is not necessarily indicative of liquidity or the cash available to fund its operations.
Pre- and post-tax distributable earnings are not intended to replace the Company's presentation of GAAP financial results. However, management believes that they help provide investors with a clearer understanding of BGC Partners' financial performance and offer useful information to both management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends related to the Company's financial condition and results of operations. Management believes that distributable earnings and the GAAP measures of financial performance should be considered together.
Management does not anticipate providing an outlook for GAAP "revenues," "income (loss) from operations before income taxes," "net income (loss) for fully diluted shares," and "fully diluted earnings (loss) per share," because the items previously identified as excluded from pre-tax distributable earnings and post-tax distributable earnings are difficult to forecast. Management will instead provide its outlook only as it relates to revenues for distributable earnings, pre-tax distributable earnings and post-tax distributable earnings.
For more information on this topic, please see the table in this release entitled "Reconciliation of GAAP Income to Distributable Earnings" which provides a summary reconciliation between pre- and post-tax distributable earnings and the corresponding GAAP measures for the Company in the periods discussed in this release.
About BGC Partners, Inc.
BGC Partners is a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the wholesale financial and real estate markets. Products include fixed income securities, interest rate swaps, foreign exchange, equities, equity derivatives, credit derivatives, commercial real estate, commodities, futures, and structured products. BGC also provides a wide range of services, including trade execution, broker-dealer services, clearing, processing, information, and other back-office services to a broad range of financial and non-financial institutions. Through its eSpeed, BGC Trader, and BGC Market Data brands, BGC offers financial technology solutions, market data, and analytics related to select financial instruments and markets. Through the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank brand, the Company offers a wide range of services including leasing and corporate advisory, investment sales and financial services, consulting, project and development management, and property and facilities management. BGC's customers include many of the world's largest banks, broker-dealers, investment banks, trading firms, hedge funds, governments, corporations, property owners, real estate developers, and investment firms. For more information, please visit www.bgcpartners.com.
eSpeed, BGC, BGC Trader, Grubb & Ellis, Grubb and Newmark are trademarks and service marks of BGC Partners, Inc. and its affiliates. Knight Frank is a service mark of Knight Frank Limited Corp., used with permission.
Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements by BGC Partners
Statements in this press release regarding BGC Partners' business that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see BGC Partners' Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors set forth in our public filings, including our most recent Form 10-K and any updates to such risk factors contained in subsequent Form 10-Q or Form 8-K filings.
[1] BGC's distributable earnings per share calculations assume either that the fully diluted share count includes the shares related to the dilutive instruments, such as the Convertible Senior Notes, but excludes the associated interest expense when the impact would be dilutive, or that the fully diluted share count excludes the shares related to these instruments, but includes the associated interest expense. In the third quarter of 2012, the pre-tax interest expense associated with the Convertible Senior Notes is expected to be $6.2 million while the post-tax interest expense is expected to be $5.3 million, and the associated weighted average share count is expected to be 39.4 million.
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Engagement ring, need help, am I being completely unrealistic?
(32 Posts)DP has proposed but left it for both of us to pick a ring (after I dropped LOADS of hints whenever we talked about it that I wanted to choose together ). We're not remotely well off and it gives me the willies thinking about carrying £100's let alone £1000's on my hand anyway so we've set a budget of £150, possibly going up to £200 if we have to (not DP being stingy, he wanted at least double that but I wouldn't carry that much money down the street for a day let alone life so am insisting).
But am I completely out of touch with what we can get? I know diamond rings are 'pick a number and add a load of 0's' but convieniently what I really want should be cheap anyway - I really want a 9ct gold (I'd bend anything softer) ring with a decent sized amethyst and possibly a couple of much smaller coloured stones either side. I've found sites online with nice amethyst rings for the budget but not with coloured stones I like set beside. Ideally I'd love to design my own, not necessarily completely bespoke but at least be able to specify what stones I want in what setting. But am I being completely unreasonable with that budget and if not where do I start finding someone to make it? We're in Swansea, so near enough to Birmingham for a day trip to the Jewellery Quarter but would they laugh us out again with our budget? Or anyone know anything nearer or online? Or should I stick to something online ready-made?
Firstly, congratulations!
Secondly, would you consider an antique ring? Most precious stone jewellery is much cheaper if owned before, but if you don't like the idea of a ring with an unknown previous history, it might not be for you for a landmark item. But it might still be worth going to Swansea or Cardiff to look at what is available in which price ranges to get your eye in a bit.
Thankyou, and I'd definitely consider an antique/second hand ring, like the idea of it having history - had a quick look online the other day and only found 'proper' antique ones, very old and £500-600 min but could have a look locally (we've not long moved here so I'll have to have a good scout around and find the antique shops).
What scaevola said - I've got a normal engagement ring from a jewellery shop (low hundreds, and I'm still scared to wear it), but when I saw what you could get in a local shop for under 200 I really regretted going the shop route - there are things with so much more character!
local 'old-stuff' shop - antiques would be going a bit far, and tat would be selling it a bit short...
Look at Jeremy Herber jewellery,I have 3 of his rings and they are lovely, classic but not run of the mill boring. You have to order online but his customer service is fantastic and will refund or replace if you aren't happy. The pics on his website don't do his jewellery justice.
Pawn shop all the way. DF bought one from HSamual for £999 1/4 carat. Amazed when I went past the local shop to see 1 carat rings being sold for cheaper.
Thanks both of you - need to find the 'old stuff' shops round here, 'character' would be the right word for what I want, I want something that looks and feels special to me, not just inherently special because it cost £2k.
Looking at the Jeremy Heber stuff now, it's gorgeous, just the sort of style I like as well - think I'm going to be spoilt for choice now rather than 'settling' for low budget
Oooh, hadn't thought of pawn shops, will find our local ones there too - heard someone say it was bad luck to buy pawn shop jewellery because of the association with hard times etc but doesn't bother me, it's a piece of jewellery at the end of the day, you make it into whatever you want emotionally.
Even if it's not "bad luck", it's still a bit shit to buy from a pawn shop. Someone's been so hard up that they've pawned their personal possessions for peanuts so that the shop can then sell on at a much higher price? Wouldn't sit comfortably with me. Sorry.
Most jewellers will have second hand stuff if you ask. Not H Samuel etc. but the independent ones. My friend just for her wedding band (9ct gold 8 tiny diamonds set around it) for £130) the new ones were selling for about £5-600. They don't always have the stuff on display but it's usually great value!!
I said pawn shops but I was thinking really of cash converters type places where you sell your jewellery etc rather than pawn it hoping to get it back later, but get your point. Wouldn't want to buy something that someone had reluctantly left hoping to be able to buy back again but if it's been sold to the shop is buying it any worse than getting a good deal on Ebay?
Will have a look at local jewellers, thanks.
We got mine from a pawn shop, dp wasn't keen on the idea but when he saw the difference in what we could afford compared to brand new he soon came round.
I sold my wedding and engagement rings to a pawn shop when my previous marriage broke down. It was my choice so nor all jewellery ib there has been left by someone hoping to get it back and they don't go on for sale straight away anyway, they are kept to be bought back in a few months.
I'd definitely try the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter. There are loads of great shops there which will happily design something for you to match your budget. You'll definitely get a better deal there than on the high street.
I've got a few rings including engagement ring from eBay, can get some really good bargains if you know what you're looking for.
If you can re think the gold you could get something really fabulous and chunky in silver.
Even in a pawn shop a 1 carat ring will be an exceptionally poor shite diamond. Not really what most people would want on their hands.
Sorry - a 1 ct for £999 will
Be a very poor quality diamond, I missed out the price.
Have you been to the jewellery shops in Cardiff?
I think it's the Kings Arcade that has some beautiful places to buy vintage rings that won't cost loads.
My engagement ring cane from a Yorkshire jewellers eBay shop - it's a 1920's diamond ring and cost a couple of hundred. I'm sure the diamond quality isn't the best ever, but it's just right for me.
I would definitely suggest a vintage ring. Mine is Art Deco, sapphire and diamond on a white gold band and it cost the grand total of £350 - but more importantly, I really love it and can't imagine having anything else.
I actually got mine on eBay, which obviously has it's risks, but would also recommend pawn shops.
Ps: I think you get a better deal when you aren't looking for a standard diamond engagement ring as this seem to have a premium. I'm sure you'll be able to find something lovely! You could also approach some jewellery design students perhaps?
My engagement ring was 2nd hand from quite an upmarket jewellery shop and was £395 it has 3 sapphires 4 diamonds and is white gold. So I think you could easily get what you want for your budget. I would check local jewellery shops and antique shops. They normally have rings for a range of budgets
If you are coming to Birmingham try Rex Johnson in the city centre for a vintage ring. Had my engagement ring from there 18 years ago.
My engagement ring was from the local jewellers where I live - small gold band with one stone. Cost £150 and I love it. I never wanted a big blingy ring. It's now 8 years old and doing fab. I wear it 24/7.
My friends £1000 plus ring is constantly in and out the jewellers and she wears it infrequently for fear of losing it.
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Skip to storyThe reviews are beginning to trickle in for Final Fantasy XIV, and critics are unanimously panning Square Enix's MMO.
Final Fantasy XIV fell through the cracks here at Game|Life; reviewing a massively multiplayer online game is always a daunting proposition and nobody had the bandwidth to take it on. Judging by what the major game enthusiast sites are saying, though, it's probably for the best that we elected not to put ourselves through the wringer on this one. While reviewers note the game's pretty graphics and stunning cinematic scenes, they also agree that all the fundamentals are broken.
The MMO is "an arduous experience that, in its current state, isn't worth playing," writes Charles Onyett at IGN, who gave the PC game a score of 5.5 ("mediocre").
"I can't help but feel that FFXIV is cosmic punishment, meted out by some avenging massively multiplayer online deity for my years of complaining about the state of modern online RPGs," writes Rory Manion at GameSpy, who gave the game 2 out of 5 stars. "It is the definition of obtuse: poorly designed, aggressively underexplained, and shoddy in almost every respect that matters."
Onyett also criticized the game's confusing, byzantine design. "It's disappointingly unfriendly toward those trying figure out all the various rules and systems churning beneath the surface that govern life, advancement, and success," he wrote. "If you've never played an MMO before, this is most definitely not the place to start. Even genre veterans are going to need to spend a good deal of time scanning fan sites and databases to understand how everything works, even for basic information on necessary functions like performing item repairs."
Specifically, many reviewers called out the game's "retainer" system. Instead of buying and selling items at auction houses, players have a retainer who goes to a special market and sells things on his or her behalf.
Clever in theory, but apparently not in practice.
"Cramming excess junk into your retainer's gaping pouches requires, like everything else in the game, lagging your way through the abysmal interface; just clearing the lint out of your pockets can eat up a solid 10 minutes. After you finish housekeeping, the retainer system ceases to be aggravating, and blossoms into abject idiocy," wrote Manion.
"If you want to buy a new sword, you have to visit one by one every retainer in sight until you just happen to by chance come across one in stock. It's a grossly inefficient process, and perplexing that it ever made it into the launch version of the game," wrote IGN's Onyett.
"Final Fantasy XIV is a notable entry to the genre but only for what it lacks," wrote Kevin VanOrd at GameSpot, who gave the game a 4.0 ("poor").
"It lacks character; bare-bones quests and audiovisual repetition fail to instill a sense of fantasy wonder. It lacks cohesion; communication failures, economic oddities, and stringent limitations leave you constantly directionless. And it lacks joy; the abysmal interface and boring monsters make it a struggle to stay invested. The open-ended classes, the stunning graphics engine, the focus on story–these elements deserve rightful praise. It's a shame they weren't put to use in a game worthy of the Final Fantasy brand," VanOrd wrote.
In the final paragraphs of their reviews, each writer addressed roughly the same point — it's possible for Square Enix to patch the game, but the issues may be too fundamental to tweak.
Patches over the course of the next few months may address many of the technical issues, but for now this is not a world worth visiting.
Certainly, Final Fantasy XIV will improve as features are added, yet the failures go beyond the superficial. Updates may address a multitude of flaws, but "fun" is not a feature that can be added with a simple patch.
I'm sure that — given a year of nonstop patching — FFXIV will probably be out of beta and acceptably functional. But, barring a complete overhaul of the user interface, the combat, the player interaction mechanics, the progress system, and of the layout of the world itself, FFXIV is unlikely to ever be fun.
Square Enix originally said that it would release a PlayStation 3 version of the game this year. It's not that surprising that it was bumped back to the spring of 2011. But if PC gamers find it so remarkably unpalatable, this could bring further delays.
Then again, the last time Square Enix had a PlayStation 3 port of a poorly-reviewed game get delayed, it just outright scrapped it.
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A video card is a piece of hardware that shoulden't require a specific driver for every game. It should have optimized drivers for newer games and a generic driver to handel everything else. maxpower dosen't care about anyone with a flickering problem or the fix since his seems to work properly on his machine. He is coming from the perspective of "na na, my card works and yours does not". He also accepts a product that dosen't live up to expectations. I would take any advice or comments from him with a grain of salt.
This reeks of troll bait; in the off chance that you're being sincere though...
If you associate someone hopping on the bandwagon and talking out their a$$ with credible, salt-worthiness...then yes, please take my advice/comments with a grain of salt and just continue to listen to those you deem credible.
However, if you'll take the time to actually consider my responses to FluffyKittens you'll no doubt see that your inital reaction was incorrect. I was pointing out the fact that his examples were not really worth considering. Do you think they were? Are you going to be running his personally written Direct3D app? Do you intend to sit around and spend time with the C++ MFCfog demo? In short, I just didn't see his example as very meaningful. If, however, he had this problems with a game or actual application after having installed the 45.33 Dets then I would have responded with some attempts to help him figure out why.
I acknowledged the reported temperature increases.
Once again, the overwhelming majority of people (with the exception of SticheS) that installed the 45.33 Dets saw their problems solved. With the news about HL2 benchmark results today many people are tossing their stones at NVIDIA. That's understandable and very predictable...funny how 24 hours ago people were singing about NVIDIA and actually
for some of the asinine statesments they'd made previously.
I especially take umbrage with your following comments:
maxpower dosen't care about anyone with a flickering problem or the fix since his seems to work properly on his machine. He is coming from the perspective of "na na, my card works and yours does not". He also accepts a product that dosen't live up to expectations.
[list=a][*]I most certainly do care about anyone with a flickering problem, just do a search.[*]My BFG 5900U does not "seem" to work properly on my machine. It does, in fact, work properly on my machine. How can you have the gall to imply that it does not? Have you tested it? Have you played well over 200 hours of a mulititude of games with it?[*]I am not coming from a "na na" perspective. What purpose would that serve? What benefit would that be to our readers? I have no desire for self-aggrandizement regarding my video card performance. How ridiculous.[*]My 5900U actually does live up to my expectations...so far. I don't have the HL2 benchmark yet to see for myself. With all other games that I currently own, however, it is on par with my 9800Pro. I have no problem openly admitting (which I have numerous times) that my 9800Pro is a better buy, is a bit faster in some games and just seems "smoother" overall. However, I also have noticed many cases where the 5900U has better IQ, AA and AF ...it all depends on the game/scene you comare against though.[/list=a]
You've obviously struck a nerve with me. I'm guessing that you probably could care less and that's fine. I will not stand for someone to blather out false statements about my motives and sincerity here in the capacity of this website. This is not a simple matter of us "agreeing to disagree". You'll find that I do not go about the forums looking to argue or put people down. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and civility. Some people get their jolllies by trolling or beating their chests...I do not. I am here to help out our readers, to help find answers and to moderate.
I respectfully request that you retract your unfounded statements and apologize. I won't hold my breath, though, because based on your post I most definitely take anything you say with a grain of salt.
I do hope that you will prove me wrong though. I like to see things end on a good note and with common sense.
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